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Dominion status symposium, 2007
Read and hear the papers from the Dominion status symposium held at  Parliament Buildings on Dominion Day - 26 September 2007
Alison Quentin-Baxter Dominion symposium speech
Talk entitled Building on the Past and Looking at the Future presented by Alison Quentin-Baxter DCNZM at the Dominion symposium, 26 September 2007
Dominion Day, 2007
The Parliamentary Library was lit up on 26 September 2007 to mark the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of dominion status.
Dominion status film
This clip tells the story of New Zealand's adoption of dominion status in 1907. It contains images and sound of Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward reading the proclamation on 26 September that year and film of Dominion Day celebrations outside Parliament and at Newtown Park in Wellington, taken in 1907 or 1908.
New Zealand in 1907 - Dominion status
What was New Zealand like at the time of becoming a dominion?
Classroom ideas - Dominion status
Classroom ideas and activities about dominion status
Dominion status Gazette notice, 1907
The proclamation on 26 September 1907 announces the 'Colony of New Zealand to be styled Dominion of New Zealand'.
Government Buildings lit up on Dominion Day
Government Buildings on Lambton Quay, Wellington, are illuminated for Dominion Day (26 September) in 1907.
Dominion status proclamation, 1907
Reading the proclamation of New Zealand's dominion status, 1907
Dominion Day celebrations, 1908
1908 Dominion Day celebrations at the Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dominion Day cartoon
In this Dominion Day cartoon, Blomfield draws Prime Minister Joseph Ward as a pretentious dwarf beneath a massive ‘dominion’ top hat.
Further information - Dominion status
Links and books relating to Dominion Day
What changed? - Dominion status
What changed when New Zealand became a dominion in 1907?
Demise of Dominion Day
Dominion Day, 26 September, never really took hold in New Zealand. Wellington was one of the few places that kept up ceremonies after 1907.
The first Dominion Day
The first Dominion Day, 1907, was a holiday for public servants as all government offices closed to mark the occasion.
Becoming a dominion - Dominion status
New Zealand had its own reasons for wanting to become a dominion. Premier Sir Joseph Ward had regional imperial ambitions, and he hoped the term ‘dominion’ would remind the world that New Zealand was not part of Australia.
Dominion status
On 26 September 1907 the colony of New Zealand ceased to exist. It became, instead, a dominion within the British Empire.
Parliament Buildings lit up on Dominion Day, 1907
The main entrance portico of Parliament Buildings is illuminated to celebrate Dominion Day (26 September 1907). Words are illuminated as follows: 'Advance New Zealand' and beneath this 'Colony 1840 Dominion 1907'.
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